Merchandizing-sample.



S. H. STIX. MERGHANDIZING SAMPLE. APPLIGATION'TILBD Nov. 27. 190s.

. Patented .1.f111.11 ,191o.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON H. STIX, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MERCHANDIZING-SAMPLE.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SOLOMON H. S'rIX, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Merchandizing-Samples, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specication.

This invention relates to improvements in merchandizing samples, andparticularly sample gloves, and other small articles of merchandizing,such as hosiery, etc., for displaying goods in stock to purchasers, andtaking their orders therefor, and wherein a single or pair of articlesrepresent but one of several colors, designs or patterns of the samestock number and price.

Before my invention it has been necessary, in order to make asatisfactory display, from a line of goods, such as above described, fora salesman to carry a line of samples, complete, not only as to stocknumber, style and price, but as many more samples as there arevariations in colors, design and pattern or either of them, in orderthat those purchasing from samples might, from inspection of the wholenumber of articles of the same price, make an accurate selection of oneor more, between which and others, there may be a marked or but slightdifference in design, color or shades of color. It, therefore, follows,in many instances, that a salesman is required to carry four or moresamples diering only in the respects above described, with the resultthat there is a cost in packing, for sample cases for containing them,for transportation, space in hotels for exhibiting them, for excess ofbaggage to be paid, loss on samples when sold at the end of the season,amounting to a large sum of money, in view of the common and generalpractice of a traveling salesman to frequently carry several hundredsamples, for a single line of goods, differing in stock number andprices. The common practice before my invention has also been toidentify them with their stock number, style and price to paper labels,so marked, pinned or stitched to the article in such a manner as toconceal a sufficient portion of the exposed face of the sample as to marits aspect and otherwise detract from its best possible appearance,makes it desirable to entirely dispense with the use of such labels.Furthermore, whether such labels are employed or not, the samples re-Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led November 27, 1908.

Patented J an. 11, 1910.

Serial No. 464,651.

ferred to soon become out of shape, during their packing and shipment,because of their flexibility, with the result that their attractivenessis lessened so that sales therefrom are lost and the subsequent pricesecured from the sale of the samples themselves is substantiallyreduced.

The object of my invention is a single merchandizing sample, havingcombined therewith means on which may be indicated a single price, styleand number, not concealing any part of the sample, disclosing theseveral differing designs or colors or both, as may be, and adapted tobe concealed by and maintain the sample in shape and in a smoothed-outcondition. In other words, an essential and important object of myinvention is to combine with a single sample article, as for example, apair of gloves, a card so constructed that samples of other gloves ofthe same style and price, but differing in color or design or both, maybe fully disclosed to a prospective purchaser in the absence of suchother gloves, which card also provides for indicating thereon the stocknumber, the size or style and the number to a boX and to so connect saidsample card with the sample pair that when eX- posed to view theattached sample will be exposed throughout its surface, and that whenthe card is swung beneath the article, as for example, between the twogloves of a pair, it will operate to prevent the gloves from wrinklingand folding and maintain both gloves in a smooth and in their bestpresentable, condition.

With these ends in view, my invention finds embodiment in certainfeatures of novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement ofparts by which the said objects and certain other objects arehereinafter attained, all as fully described with reference to theaccompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In said drawings Figure 1 indicates a plan view of a pair of gloves anda sample card and the means of securing it thereto embodying myinvention, with dotted lines indicating the position of the card whennot in use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the sample card lyingbetween the two gloves of a pair with dotted lines showing the card inthe position indicated in full lines in F ig. 1. Fig. 3 a longitudinalsection on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and F ig. l

a transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference indicate t-he same parts in the severalfigures of the drawing.

5 and 6 respectively indicate the gloves of a single pair which forsample purposes are usually laid one upon the other with the tips of theends of their second fingers stitched together as indicated at 7, andsometimes likewise stitched at about the middle of width of and at theend edges of the vrist portion, but as shown herein the stitching issufliciently away from the wrist end edges in order that the sample cardhereinafter described when lying between the gloves shall be fullyconcealed, and as indicated by the stitch or tie 8.

9 indicates a card, which as shown is rectangular in shape but may be ofany other form best adapted to operate as hereinafter described, whichcard is provided toward one end with a perforation 10 which ispreferable by means of an eyelet 11 through which the doubled thread ofthe tie stitch or cord passes, and by means of which the sample card ispivoted between the gloves of the pair and may be swung outwardlytherefrom, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, and that when swung'inwardly between the gloves will be entirely concealed from view.

I? or convenience of manufacture the sample card 9 is composed of twopieces 12 and 123 of card board and may be secured to gether by anysuitable means, one of which 12 has cut therethrough openings 1stcorresponding in number with the sample fabrics to be exposedtherethrough, and the other card 13 with a single opening of an areaincluding the several openings in the card 12 and in such a manner thata recess is formed in which the several sample fabrics exposed throughtheir several openings 14 are counter-sunk in the card so that when heldin place by an envelop l5 the card together with the samples shall be ofuniform thickness, that is to say, substantially flaton both sides.Between the sample openings of the free end of the sample cardsufficient space is left for pasting a label or printing on the envelopon which to indicate, and as indicated the manufacturer or jobber of thesample, the stock number and either the size or style, that is to saywhether the glove is a ladys, gentlemans, or childs glove, and also tofill in a number of how many are contained in the boxes in which saidgloves are packed.

Instead of forming the sample card of two layers of card board andcutting out the single larger opening in the card 1S, the card may be atwo-ply or even a single-ply card board to which butthe three smalleropenings are cut and the counter-sinking of the samples be provided forby embossing the card lupon its upper side suliiciently to produce adepression sufficient to counter-sink the samples therein and maintainthe structure fiat thereat both surfaces.

In manufacturing these sample cards, it is convenient, if notpreferable, to first paste, or otherwise secure, the two pieces of cardboard together, after having first cut outV the single large opening inthe rear card board, then pasting the envelop upon the face of the frontcard board, with the end fiaps of the envelop overlapping the back ofthe rear card board, then stamping out the openings through which thesamples are to be exposed, and finally inserting the eyelet through theend of the sample card and the folded end of the envelop pasted thereon.

One or beth of the side edges of the envelop may be gunnued at any time,preferably at the time the card is made, thereby making the sample cardmore convenient of use when kept in stock and used from time to time asneeded, when all that is necessary is to insert the samples, dampen thegum'med edge of the flaps and paste them together.

By forming the card and exposing the samples through the small openingstherein as described they have the appearance of tangents differing incolor or style or both and being of sufficient area` to indicate theirvariations between each other, and the pair of gloves to which thesample card is pivoted so that by comparing` the sample gloves withthese panel samples the prospective purchaser may have, and has adefinite and distinct knowledge of the colors and designs of the severalvarieties of gloves, the texture of which and one other color and designis exhibited in the sample pair.

It would be no departure from my invention to have the sample cardoutlined to conform to the configuration of the outline of the gloves oreven to extend it a portion or the length of the lingers, but in anyevent it should be of such less dimensions than that of the gloves thatit be not substantially eX- posed when lying between either of them or'below a pair or single sample article to which it is attached. Se far,however, I have found in practice that it is unnecessary for the samplecard to follow the outline of the glove, and that when of the area andsecured, as described, to a glove or pair of gloves or other articles,the sample card as shown in the drawing, is substantially a tangibleembodiment. of my invention.

The card should be of suiiicient. thickness not to double upon itself orbreak in ordinary usage, for then it would not sufficiently perform thevery desired intended function of maintaining the article to which it isattached, smoothed out and therefore in its best presentable conditionas before described and enhancing the attractiveness of the sample towhich it is secured. In conllO clusion it should be observed that thesample card not only maintains in a smoothed out condition and againstwrinkling the article to which it is attached, and particularly gloveswhen they are laid upon a sample table, but when laid upon each other inpacking them and repeatedly repacking them for shipment from place toplace; and that if there is no excess of baggage there is certainly inmost instances three or four times a less amount of baggage to be paidfor when it is borne in mind that heretofore three or four samples mustbe carried where by my invention but one is necessary.

Having described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is.

l. Amerchandizing sample card, provided with means pivoting andconfining said card to a sample whereby it may be swung to a planeconcealing it beneath a sample, and when swung outwardly therefromsubstantially its entire surface will be exposed to View, substantiallyas described.

2. A merchandizing sample comprising in combination an article, a samplecard, one end of which is pivoted to and confined within a plane beneathone extremity of the article, t-he exposing portion of the surface ofwhich card is adapted to be swung outwardly from the article withoutconcealing any portion of the surface thereof, and when swung inwardlybeneath the article operates y to support and maintain the article in asmoothed out condition, substantially as described.

3. A merchandizing sample comprising in combination a sample, a card,one extremity of which s overlapped by and pivoted toward one edge ofthe sample and provided with recesses exposing in diering designs orcolors, as may be, of the attached article and which swung inwardly isconcealed by and supports the article in a smoothed out condition.

4. A merchandizing sample comprising in combination a pair of gloves, acard, one end of which is confined between and pivoted to said gloves,said card being provided in panel like form with samples of the samematerial, but differing in design from the gloves attached thereto, andwith a space for containing the stock number, the style, price, etc., ofgloves conforming to said article and samples.

5. A merchandizing sample comprising in combination a sample pair of anarticle, a sample card so constructed and suspended therefrom that itmay be concealed between and maintain both of said articles in asmoothed out condition when laid flat, said card being provided withrecesses conning,

and openings through which to expose the samples corresponding to theattached pair, but differing in design or color or both, and an envelopsecured to the card and inclosing said samples and card together,substantially as described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and aflixed my seal,this 10th day of November A. D. 1908.

SOLOMON H. STIX. [1.. s]

Vitnesses:

JNO. Gr. ELLIOTT, F. E. BRoM.

